Antoine Escoffier (born 29 February 1992) is a French professional tennis player who competed on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 135, achieved on 16 October 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 214, achieved on 20 May 2024. He achieved most of his career milestones after the age of 30.

Professional career 2015: First ITF title In June 2015, Escoffier won his first ITF title in Hyderabad, India, following seven straight lost finals in the previous three years.

2022: Grand Slam qualifying debut, Top 200 debut In May 2022, Escoffier played his first Grand Slam qualifying match at the French Open, losing in the first round. In July 2022, Escoffier made his Top 200 debut in the ATP singles ranking.

2023: First Challenger finals, Top 150 debut In April 2023, Escoffier won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 León Open partnering with Aziz Dougaz.

In July 2023, Escoffier reached his first final on the singles Challenger Tour at the 2023 Open Castilla y León in Segovia, losing to Pablo Llamas Ruiz.

2024: ATP Tour debut, Maiden Challenger title In January 2024, at age 31, Escoffier made his debut on the ATP Tour as a qualifier at the 2024 Open Sud de France in Montpellier, France, losing to seventh seed Alexandre Müller in the first round.

In June, Escoffier won his first grand slam qualifying match by reaching the second round at the Wimbledon qualifying, having lost in the first round in his prior nine attempts.https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/Douze-francais-au-deuxieme-tour-des-qualifications-de-wimbledon/1477211

In July, Escoffier reached his second career Challenger final in Pozablanco, Spain, losing to August Holmgren in the final. The following week, he won his maiden Challenger title in Segovia, Spain as the top seed, defeating qualifier Alex Martinez in the final. At 32 years and four months, Escoffier became the second oldest player to win a maiden Challenger title.

Performance timeline

Singles Tournament20222023202420252026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1Q1Q1A0 / 00–0French OpenQ1Q1Q1Q1A0 / 00–0WimbledonQ1Q1Q2Q1A0 / 00–0US OpenQ1Q1Q3AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) Legend ATP Challenger (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Open Castilla y León, SpainChallengerHard Pablo Llamas Ruiz6–7(9–11), 6–7(5–7)Loss0–2Open de Tenis Pozoblanco, SpainChallengerHard August Holmgren6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win1–2Open Castilla y León, SpainChallengerHard Àlex Martínez6–3, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (2 title, 3 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0León Open, MexicoChallengerHard Aziz Dougaz Maximilian Neuchrist Michail Pervolarakis7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–5]Loss1–1Open de Rennes, FranceChallengerHard (i) Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha Sander Arends David Pel3–6, 2–6Loss1–2Nottingham Challenger, United KingdomChallengerHard (i) Joshua Paris Petr Nouza Patrik Rikl3–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss1–3Open de Rennes, FranceChallengerHard (i) Joshua Paris Sander Arends Grégoire Jacq4–6, 2–6Win2–3Little Rock, United StatesChallengerHard Aziz Dougaz Andrés Andrade Nicolas Mejia6–2, 6–3

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 28 (16 titles, 12 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (16–12)Finals by surfaceHard (16–8)Clay (0–4)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Saudi Arabia F1, Saudi ArabiaFuturesHard Jules Marie1–6, 6–7(7–9)Loss0–2Thailand F1, ThailandFuturesHard Luke Saville6–2, 4–6, 0–6Loss0–3Thailand F3, ThailandFuturesHard Christopher Rungkat2–6, 2–6Loss0–4India F12, IndiaFuturesHard Saketh Myneni3–6, 2–6Loss0–5Spain F22, SpainFuturesClay Roberto Ortega Olmedo3–6, 2–6Loss0–6Tunisia F8, TunisiaFuturesHard Yannick Jankovits2–6, 2–6Loss0–7India F5, MandyaFuturesClay Karununday Singh0–3, ret.Win1–7India F9, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Vishnu Vardhan7–6(7–4), 6–2Win2–7India F10, HyderabadFuturesHard (i) Vishnu Vardhan6–2, 7–6(7–3)Win3–7Israel F3, Ramat GanFuturesHard Julien Dubail5–7, 6–4, 6–4Win4–7Spain F11, MostolesFuturesHard Akira Santillan6–4, 6–7(7–5), 6–3Loss4–8Qatar F1, DohaFuturesHard Daniel Altmaier4–6, 3–6Win5–8Qatar F2, DohaFuturesHard Daniel Altmaier6–2, 6–7(7–2), 6–4Win6–8Israel F12, Tel AvivFuturesHard Hugo Grenier6–7(4–7), 6–4, 4–2 ret.Loss6–9M15 Tabarka, TunisiaWTTHard Juan Manuel Cerúndolo4–6, 6–7(6–8)Win7–9M25 Glasgow, United KingdomWTTHard (i) Jeremy Jahn6–2, 7–6(8–6)Win8–9M15 Sintra, PortugalWTTHard Lucas Poullain7–5, 6–4Win9–9M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Thomas Laurent6–2, 6–0Loss9–10M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Franco Agamenone7–6(7–2), 3–6, 2–6Loss9–11M25 Gandia, SpainWTTClay Javier Barranco Cosano4–6, 2–6Win10–11M25 Bagnères-de-Bigorre, FranceWTTHard (i) Millen Hurrion7–6(7–4), 6–0Win11–11M25 Rodez, FranceWTTHard (i) Aidan McHugh5–7, 7–5, 6–4Win12–11M25 Villers-lès-Nancy, FranceWTTHard (i) Maximilian Neuchrist6–4, 6–4Win13–11M25 Loughborough, United KingdomWTTHard (i) Ryan Peniston6–4, 3–6, 6–3Loss13–12M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Hiroki Moriya6–3, 0–6, 2–6Win14–12M25 Setúbal, PortugalWTTHard Antoine Bellier3–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2Win15–12M25 Elvas, PortugalWTTHard Duarte Vale6–3, 6–2Win16–12M25 Ajaccio, FranceWTTHard Laurent Lokoli7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–5)

Doubles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures (7–11)Finals by surfaceHard (6–8)Clay (1–3)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Romania F6, RomaniaFuturesClay Thomas Le Boulch Paris Gemouchidis Alexandros Jakupovic7-6(5-7), 3-6, [5-10]Loss0–2Thailand F5, ThailandFuturesHard Alexander Ward Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia3-6, 2-6Loss0–3Thailand F6, ThailandFuturesHard Alexander Ward Ryan Agar Sebastian Bader6-7(2-7), 6-2, [8-10]Loss0–4Spain F31, SpainFuturesHard Matthieu Roy Yannick Mertens Roberto Ortega Olmedo2-6, 4-6Loss0–5Turkey F14, AntalyaFuturesHard Cesar Testoni Richard Gabb Maximilian Neuchrist2-6, 4-6Win1–5Tunisia F15, Port El KantaouiFuturesHard Sam Barry Victor Ouvrard Anis Ghorbel6-3, 6-2Loss1–6India F10, HyderabadFuturesClay Hugo Grenier Sriram Balaji Vishnu Vardhan4-6, 2-6Win2–6Gabon F1, LibrevilleFuturesHard Jaime Pulgar-García Javier Pulgar-García Cameron Silverman7-5, 3-6, [10-8]Win3–6Egypt F1, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Alexandre Müller Adrian Bodmer Jakob Sude6-2, 3-6, [11-9]Win4–6Israel F9, Kyriat ShmonaFuturesHard Alon Elia Mick Lescure David Guez6-3, 7-6(7-5)Loss4–7Israel F10, Kyriat ShmonaFuturesHard Matthieu Roy Dekel Bar Mor Bulis5-7, 6-1, [6-10]Loss4–8Israel F11, HerzliyaFuturesClay Matthieu Roy Dekel Bar Mor Bulis6-7(6-8), 2–6Loss4–9Turkey F2, AntalyaFuturesHard Fran Zvonimir Zgombić Mikhail Fufygin Alexander Pavlioutchenkov7–6(7-4), 3–6, [7-10]Win5–9M15 Toulouse, FranceWTTHard (i) Maxime Tchoutakian Teymuraz Gabashvili Denis Yevseyev6–2, 7–5Loss5–10M15 Poitiers, FranceWTTHard (i) Tony Bourcet Matteo Martineau Clément Tabur3–6, 4–6Win6–10M15 Sintra, PortugalWTTHard Maxime Tchoutakian Peter Bothwell Bernardo Azevedo Pereira0–6, 6–2, [10–5]Loss6–11M25 Vale do Lobo, PortugalWTTHard Hugo Voljacques Quentin Robert Kenny de Schepper0–6, 6–4, [6–10]Win7–11M25 Montauban, FranceWTTClay Franco Agamenone Louis Dussin Arthur Bouquier6–1, 7–5

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